Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 2003
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 8, 2003, 9:40 AM CDT for Cameron County, Texas. It was in force for 20 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 8, 2003, 9:40 AM CDT (14:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2003, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Cameron County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 9 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1499 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 583 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
736 WFUS54 KBRO 081440 TORBRO TXC061-081500- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 939 AM CDT TUE APR 8 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN CAMERON COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS * UNTIL 1000 AM CDT * AT 938 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CAMERON PARK...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT WEST BROWNSVILLE IN THE NEXT 5 TO 10 MINUTES. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 2606 9755 2588 9755 2584 9713 2605 9712 $$ SPEECE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 7:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo, Starr | 39 min |
| Apr 8, 8:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 60 min |
| Apr 8, 8:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 29 min |
| Apr 8, 8:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo | 35 min |
| Apr 8, 9:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron | 34 min |
| Apr 8, 9:43 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 2 hr | |
| Apr 8, 9:43 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 2 hr | |
| Apr 8, 9:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Cameron | 31 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.